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Texas's 4th Congressional District

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the district view: events tagged to this congressional district, then events that apply across Texas, then national events. An event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district. See all of Texas.

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In Texas's 4th Congressional District

No events have been tagged to Texas's 4th Congressional District yet. District events are added over time. The state and national events below also apply here.

Across Texas

2026

  1. Apr 27, 2026 State Maps and lines Decided by a court

    Supreme Court reverses the three-judge court's ruling against the 2025 congressional map

    On April 27, 2026, in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens (No. 25-845), an appeal from the Western District of Texas (No. EP-21-CV-00259), the U.S. Supreme Court wrote: "For the reasons set forth in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, 607 U. S. ___ (2025), we reverse the District Court's judgment." Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson dissented from the summary reversal. The Court's docket shows the judgment issued on May 29, 2026.

    Related: Divided three-judge court blocks the 2025 congressional map for the 2026 elections · Supreme Court stays a lower-court order that had blocked the 2025 congressional map · Governor signs House Bill 4, a mid-decade congressional map

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2025

  1. Aug 29, 2025 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Governor signs House Bill 4, a mid-decade congressional map

    The Legislature's record for 89th Legislature, Second Called Session, House Bill 4, relating to the composition of Texas's U.S. House districts, shows House passage on August 23, 2025, delivery to the Governor on August 27 and signature on August 29, 2025. The Supreme Court later noted that "Texas adopted the first new map" in a wave of congressional redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.

    Related: Divided three-judge court blocks the 2025 congressional map for the 2026 elections · Supreme Court stays a lower-court order that had blocked the 2025 congressional map · Texas House lacks a quorum as members leave the state during the 2025 redistricting session · Texas House announces a quorum present on August 18, 2025 · Supreme Court reverses the three-judge court's ruling against the 2025 congressional map

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

  2. Aug 18, 2025 State Maps and lines Reported

    Texas House announces a quorum present on August 18, 2025

    The Texas House Journal for August 18, 2025, the third day of the 89th Legislature's second called session, records that, with strict enforcement of the roll requested by Representative Moody, "a quorum was announced present (Record 4)."

    Related: Texas House lacks a quorum as members leave the state during the 2025 redistricting session · Governor signs House Bill 4, a mid-decade congressional map · Texas Supreme Court declines to remove House Democrats who broke quorum in 2025

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  3. Aug 4, 2025 State Maps and lines Reported

    Texas House lacks a quorum as members leave the state during the 2025 redistricting session

    The Texas House Journal for August 4, 2025, the fifth day of the 89th Legislature's first called session, records that after strict enforcement of the roll was requested, "a quorum was not present (Record 6)," and lists the members present and absent. The Texas Supreme Court later wrote that "several dozen House members left the state, on August 3, for the express purpose of preventing the House from functioning." The Journal records an absent quorum on later days, including August 8, 11, 12 and 15, and at the start of the second called session on August 15, 2025.

    Related: Governor signs House Bill 4, a mid-decade congressional map · Texas House announces a quorum present on August 18, 2025 · Texas Supreme Court declines to remove House Democrats who broke quorum in 2025

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Oct 25, 2021 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Governor signs Senate Bill 6, the 2021 congressional map

    The Legislature's record for 87th Legislature, Third Called Session, Senate Bill 6, relating to the composition of Texas's districts for the U.S. House, shows House passage on October 17, 2021 and signature by the Governor on October 25, 2021.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2013

  1. Jun 26, 2013 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Governor signs new congressional, Texas House and Texas Senate maps in a special session

    The Legislature's records show Senate Bill 4 (congressional), Senate Bill 3 (Texas House) and Senate Bill 2 (Texas Senate) of the 83rd Legislature, First Called Session, each signed by the Governor on June 26, 2013, after being sent to him on June 24, 2013.

    Related: Supreme Court reverses most of a Texas court's rulings against the 2013 maps

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2001

  1. Nov 16, 2001 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to the 2001 Texas House redistricting plan

    In a letter listed as dated November 16, 2001, the Justice Department addressed the 2001 redistricting plan for the Texas House of Representatives, adopted by the Legislative Redistricting Board after the Legislature did not enact a plan. The letter states: "I cannot conclude that the State's burden under Section 5 has been sustained in this instance. Therefore, on behalf of the Attorney General, I must object to the 2001 redistricting plan for the Texas House of Representatives."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1992

  1. Mar 9, 1992 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to the 1992 Texas Senate redistricting plan

    In a letter of March 9, 1992, the Justice Department addressed Senate Bill No. 1 (1992), a Senate redistricting plan. The letter notes that a three-judge federal court in Terrazas had ruled in January 1992 that the enacted plan could not be implemented because it failed to satisfy Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and states that, on behalf of the Attorney General, the writer must object to the plan.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1991

  1. Nov 12, 1991 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to the 1991 Texas House redistricting plan

    In a letter of November 12, 1991, the Justice Department addressed Chapter 899 (1991), the redistricting plan for the Texas House of Representatives. The letter states: "on behalf of the Attorney General, I must object to the 1991 redistricting plan for the State House of Representatives because of the concerns relating to the proposed configurations for the areas discussed above."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Sep 10, 2026 National Maps and lines Proposed

    Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count

    On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Aug 12, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states

    On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. Apr 26, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results

    On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1967

  1. Dec 14, 1967 National Maps and lines Enacted

    Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)

    Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.